Alright, Heres chapter Five! Yay! It didnt take me a month! Yay! My science teacher stopped being so bitchy! Yay! I have extra time now! Yay! Im on the basketball team! Yay! I have practice five out of four days! And I have a game against the best female team in the distric! Ya- Ah shit...
Enough of my ranting! Here's your chapter!
And, if you haven't noticed by now, I don't own Andromeda. Because if I did, in the new 5th season, Rommie wouldn't have blown up, Andromeda would be at 100 percent power, Tyr would be alive with the evil paranoid-ness, and Doyle would get shot, by ME. Get it?
-.- Chapter Five -.-
"Okay, so there were some thugs in a bar?"
"Yup."
"And they were talking about Rommie?"
"Yup."
"How did you know it was Rommie?"
"They described her hair, clothes, and what her personality would be like in that kind of situation." Andromeda interrupted Trance's and Harpers little conversation. "My avatar isn't the type to be pushed around, no matter what kind of situation she might find herself in."
"Alright, so if it was Rommie, Rhade, and Dylan they shot down in the Maru, then why wouldn't they go after them to collect the bounty?" Trance asked.
"Beka and I were talking about that on our way back." Harper said as the two walked up to command. "Not that we've found an answer..."
They walked into command to see Beka with a flexi, obviously waiting for them. "Andromeda, play it." Andromeda played the communication link that she had received earlier so Harper could hear it as well.
"That came from a small village on the surface. When we first received the signal, there was more static, but I was able to get most of it out so that it was easier to understand. It was obviously Dylan's voice, and the only one that could have gotten the signal directly in my direction would be my avatar, since she's the only one who would know my exact location. That leaves Rhade. BeingNietzschean, my best and only conclusion is that he survived." Andromeda said.
"Alright, so they're all alive." Harper concluded. "That's good, now we just need to pick them up."
"That won't be easy." Andromeda said. "The planet has defense systems in the outer atmosphere, which are constantly changing. Anything as big, or bigger, then a slipfighter, will be very hard to get through."
"But we have Beka."
"True. If we were able to get through, on the surface, there are highly trained squads to deal with intruders. They just happened to choose to crash land near the city with the highest trained guards. Safety is not something to be joked about down there."
"Oooookay then..." Harper said. "Why are these people so paranoid?"
"It seems their planet has been invaded by some kind of alien species."
"What kind?"
"Unknown."
"There's a new species of aliens out there?!" Harper exclaimed, totally shocked. "Worse then the ones we know of?!"
"Harper, calm now before you give yourself a heart attack." Andromeda said, her usual high authority voice filling command. "I said unknown, I didn't say that it was absolutely unknown. No one has seen what they look like and lived to tell about it. Due to the low technology they have on the surface, their armor isn't as strong as it should be to deflect the most standard weapons."
"So... then how did the Maru make it through these 'impossible to get through' defeneces without blowing up?" Beka spoke up.
"They only disable the ships controls, making the ship crash land. The thugs in the bar shot out their controls, and they were pulled into the planet by its gravity. Their controls were either already out, or were by the time they entered the planets atmosphere."
"We're going to need a plan aren't we?" Harper asked.
"Yes Harper." Trance said. "A very very good one."
-.-
"This is the most boring planet I have encountered yet..." Rhade said, kicking a rock he had found into the outer forest that surrounded the village.
"It's a small planet without much technology Rhade." Rommie said, tossing him another rock to kick around. "What did you expect?"
"I don't know..." he answered truthfully. "What do the kids do around here?"
"Are you saying that you, Telemachus Rhade, want to play with children?"
"No... I'm just... Bored."
"Are you sure that's it Rhade?"
"Shut up Rommie." Rhade said, lightly throwing a rock at her, which she easily caught. "Want to go walk around?"
"Sure."
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The two walked around for a little while before running into Dylan and Ron, the two still discussing the same subject they were before they had dragged Dylan away to send Andromeda the communication link. They sat around, listening to some of the conversation, but then Ron's communicator went off.
"Sir! We have Aliens! North of the city!"
"Get Group A of Base 5 out there now! Raki has full command, set off alarms!" Ron ordered, Rommie and Rhade instantly jumping to their feet and rushing over.
"What was that?" Rhade asked. Rommie stopped him and put her hand up to stop anyone else from talking.
"What is it Rommie?" Dylan asked.
"Something... From the south. I've heard it before." she said quickly, drawing her force lance and extending it to its full length.
"I can't hear it." Rhade said.
"It's quiet..." Rommie said, slowly taking a step forward. "They're planning something."
"I'll send out Group B." Ron said, but stopped when Rhade covered his mouth with his hand.
"No, you won't."
"Rommie, go deal with our friends at the south, Rhade, go with her. Ron, you're with me." Dylan said, the two parties running off in opposite directions.
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"Raki! Alec's down!"
"Raki! Kale's down!"
"Raki! Nro was shot down from the left!"
"Raki! Carter's down! Shot from the right!"
These were only some of the screams Raki's brain had to listen to while trying to find where these aliens were shooting from. They had gone out there strong, ready to fight, with 30 men. They were down to 15, and not one alien had been shot down yet. They couldn't see them, let alone know where they were shooting from.
"Fall back!" Raki called out, everyone listing to him and slowly edging back towards some of the bigger rocks behind them they had set up for cover over the years. "Come on! Back!"
Just as everyone that was left got behind the rocks, and small circular red light flew over them, hitting a tree. Suddenly, Ron and Dylan showed up on either side of Raki.
"What are you doing here?" he asked them.
"Just thought you might like some help."
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Rommie stood behind a tree, Rhade within eye sight to the left of her. She slowly looked over her right shoulder into the forest. It didn't look like anyone was there but them, but she could hear them. Even Rhade could. It was something they had heard before... Though they couldn't remember exactly what.
Both Rommie and Rhade slowly stepped out from behind the trees, heading towards each other, looking around cautiously. The mumbling of their opponents was coming from all directions, making it hard to point out exactly where they were hiding.
'This isn't right.' Rhade thought, looking around. 'Someone should be shooting at us by now.'
'Where and what are they?!' Rommie kept repeating in her head. She knew she had heard them before, whether it be last week or 300 years ago, and not knowing was driving her insane.
By the time there were four trees between the two, a small streak of sliver caught Rommie's eye. She looked off in the other direction, not sure if she really saw anything at all. But there, high up in the trees, was something that resembled a gauss gun, silver, reflecting the sun light, aimed directly at Rhade.
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Dylan moved quickly and shot out at the trees, not exactly knowing where he should be aiming. He sat back down behind the rocks, counting to twenty before turning around and shooting again. Suddenly, there was a sound of crunching leaves behind them, heading farther away from their location.
"They're leaving." Raki concluded, slowly standing up, everyone who was left following his lead.
Slowly, every so often looking behind them, they walked back into the quiet city, a troop going off to turn off the light alarms.
Dylan looked around and watched as the villagers slowly came out of their safe hiding places underground, looking for two familiar faces. He waited a minute before taking off in the south direction.
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Rommie looked one more time at the gun before running at Rhade. Several gun shots could be heard as she ran and pushed him the the ground, putting herself between him and shooter. Acting quickly, Rhade grabbed her arm and pulled her up along with him, running to the cover of a thick willow tree.
"Thanks." he said, looking out towards the tree the shots had come from.
"Don't mention it."
"Are you okay?" Rhade asked quietly, watching as her arm slowly went limp by her side. Rommie in turn nodded her head, aiming her force lance exactly where she had seen the first gun come out from the tree.
"Nothing I can't handle." she replied, firing the weapon. About fifty feet away, the sound of something heavy hitting the ground was heard, as well as retreating feet on the ground.
-.- End Chapter -.-
Now, before I get to reviews, which I like to do, I have to say something. In the last chapter, there's a (1) on the story. It's because I was gonna explain something, but forgot about it before I posted it. (And to think, I got on the honor roll...) But, I simply put them as aliens because of this primitive planet I have made up. Same as this chapter. I didnt say Magog, Kaldarens(Or however u spell it), or any other evil aliens that have tried to blow up the pretty big star ship, because the planet has no technology WHAT-SO-EVER. Think of the planet as an Earth back before we had TV and computers. ( How did people live back then?! O.o;;; )
Now, enough with my ranting and on to reviews.
nina -
Heh Heh.... action....
Hey! At least Rhade almost got shot at, and, Rommie did or might have killed some unknown alien... Heh heh.... O! Thanks for the review!! lol.
Jade Rhade -
Now why would I be sick of ya? If you want to review for every chapter, feel free! I aint gonna stop ya! I like reviews!! And thats for all four of yours! Dont forget to review!!
prin69 -
Wow, thanks for the compliments and the acnoligment!! I didnt think anyone would even care about that... Heh heh. And yes, I had to put the cerfuw thing in... Its funny, and shows how stupid those guys are. We'll meet up with them again a little bit later....
Oenone -
Thanks for the review! And about the romance idea... If you'd like... I could concider it, but I'd need a pairing if you'd like to sugest one! All sugestions are always concidered, keep that in mind. Thanks!
Once again! Thank you!
IMPORTANT!
What aliens do you want the planet to be infested with....? Name one, and the one that comes up the most will be it.
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